Re: [Chrysler300] sluggish engine (392): it's all over now !

[BKWare@xxxx]

Phillipe Makes a good point about the relationship between heat and retarded 
timing. I picked up an old Poly 318 truck real cheap because it was 
overheating and the guy had even cracked the exhaust manifold. After I got 
it home I didn't like the way it idled and was playing with the carb when I 
decided to move to the distributor. It was way off and the guy had run it 
like that for a long time, eventually destroying the exhaust manifolds. What 
I thought would be a junk motor was simply ignition timing. This old 318 
runs great now. My 354 has also showed temperature change with timing 
changes of less than 4 degrees. I know its not OEM but those electronic 
conversions from MPP do make the old ones run better.

Brian


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